Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Readsboro’s library logs 1.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Readsboro Community serves Readsboro’s 776 residents. Last year it logged 1,295 visits.
The short version on Readsboro’s library
Open only about 15 hours a week
Readsboro Community keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. Pettee Memorial in Wilmington, next door, is open about 38 hours a week. The building ↓
A small-town library
Readsboro Community serves 776 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Readsboro’s civic life grade
Readsboro isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 4 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Readsboro Community serves 776 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Readsboro Community
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: print loans. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
23 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Readsboro Community, 301 Phelps La., Readsboro.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Readsboro? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Readsboro cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $35K.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 565 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington | Pettee Memorial fine-free | 5.9 | 38 | A+ |
| Stamford | Stamford Community fine-free | 2.5 | 16 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Readsboro | Readsboro Community fine-free | — | 15 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Whitingham | Whitingham Free Public fine-free | — | 21 | B− |
| Searsburg | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: print loans. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Readsboro
Does Readsboro have a public library?
Yes. Readsboro Community, 301 Phelps La., serves Readsboro’s 776 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Readsboro Community fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Readsboro’s library?
It logged 1.7 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Readsboro’s civic life grade?
Readsboro isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Readsboro.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.